How to: Order Two Unionized Queries
This article is relevant to entity models that utilize the deprecated Visual Studio integration of Telerik Data Access. The current documentation of the Data Access framework is available here.
This topic shows how to combine the results of two queries into a single result set, and then to order the result set.
To run the code in this example, you need to create a new Telerik Data Access Domain Model based on the Northwind database.
The following code is the LINQ example.
using ( EntitiesModel dbContext = new EntitiesModel() )
{
var query = dbContext.Products.Select(
( product, index ) =>
new
{
Name = product.ProductName,
Pid = product.ProductID,
Price = product.UnitPrice
} ).
Where( p => p.Name.StartsWith( "A" ) ).
Union( dbContext.Products.Select(
( product, index ) => new
{
Name = product.ProductName,
Pid = product.ProductID,
Price = product.UnitPrice
} ).Where( p => p.Name.StartsWith( "B" ) ) ).OrderBy( p => p.Price );
foreach ( var item in query )
Console.WriteLine( item );
}
Using dbContext As New EntitiesModel()
Dim query = dbContext.Products.Select(Function(product, index) New With {
Key .Name = product.ProductName,
Key .Pid = product.ProductID,
Key .Price = product.UnitPrice
}).Where(Function(p) p.Name.StartsWith("A"))
.Union(dbContext.Products.Select(Function(product, index) New With {
Key .Name = product.ProductName,
Key .Pid = product.ProductID,
Key .Price = product.UnitPrice}).Where(Function(p) p.Name.StartsWith("B")))
.OrderBy(Function(p) p.Price)
For Each item In query
Console.WriteLine(item)
Next item
End Using